7 August 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: medium, reverse pulling inshoreViz: 8 – 15mSea Temp: 20 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Another great dive. There are still lots and lots of Ragged-tooth sharks swimming around mid water on the Southern Pinnacles which I find rather bizarre … but hey always good to see something different. A…
6 August 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mild, reverseViz: 8 – 15mSea Temp: 18 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: So the first dive was great by most peoples standards. Lots of Ragged-tooth sharks in and out the caves. Also an Oceanic Blacktip shark popping in and out of the dive. Also saw a Tiger Angel fish.…
5 August 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mild, reverseViz: not good … lolSea Temp: 12 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: The viz was about 3m coming down but opened up to about 20m at the bottom. Still alot of Ragged-tooth sharks around. 2 Brindle Bass and a Potato Bass. Also a Lionfish and some reef fish. A…
4 August 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: murky coming down but very clean at the bottomSea Temp: 19 degrees Celsius at the surface, 14 degrees Celsius at the bottom … brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr DIVE 1 – BAITED SHARK DIVE: Only one Oceanic Blacktip shark that kept on coming back … sad face. Not much other activity besides a few sharks…
3 August 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 25mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius near the surface, 15 degrees Celsius at the bottom (so cold) Northern Pinnacles: At least 30 Ragged-tooth sharks. 1 small Bull (Zambezi) shark. 2 Potato Bass. Lots of reef fish. Dolphins, Humpback Whales and fying fish seen from the boat. Fantastic Diving!!!!!
1 August 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: noneViz: 6mSea Temp: 20 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: Ragged-tooth sharks in and out the caves, as far as you could see … EPIC! 1 Bull (Zambezi) shark and 1 small Hammerhead shark. 1 BIG Round Ribbontail Ray. Lots of reef fish and ‘jellies’. EXCELLENT DIVING!! DIVE 2 –…
31 July 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: noneViz: 5m … sad faceSea Temp: 20 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of Ragged-tooth sharks … as far as you could see, they were stacked like a wall … WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!. Lots of reef fish around but hard to see because of viz. When divers surfaced they had…
28 July 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: medium, reverseViz: 15m+ at the bottom, lots of Plankton mid water and greenishSea Temp: 20 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: 4 Ragged-tooth sharks. At least 2 Bull (Zambezi) sharks. About 3 Oceanic Blacktip sharks popping in and out of the dive. A couple of Remora’s. 3 Nudibranchs lol … even Diks was…
23 July 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15mSea Temp: 19 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: 30 Ragged-tooth sharks at least around the caves. From 20m upwards at least 2 cheeky Bull (Zambezi) sharks and about 7 Oceanic Blacktip sharks that stayed with divers all the way up. All your normal reef fish. A lot of ‘jellies’. Excellent shark…
19 July 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 25m at the bottom, a bit dirty for the first 10m or soSea Temp: 20 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: At least 45 Ragged-tooth sharks. 4 sightings of Bull (Zambezi) sharks and about 8 sightings of Oceanic Blacktip sharks. 2 Potato Bass. Lots of reef fish. Stunning dive!
